WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., introduced the "Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act" on Aug. 4, 2023. The text of the bill was released on Sept. 3. H.R. 5138. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3- day inpatient hospital stay requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ways an  more